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William Frazier Thomas (June 13, 1918 – April 3, 1985) was a Chicago television personality. Although Thomas wrote nine children's books, he was best known for creating, hosting, writing and producing the long-running children's television program Garfield Goose and Friends on WGN-TV.
Thomas created Garfield Goose for a local television program he hosted in Cincinnati.Thomas, who was an Indiana native and had worked on Cincinnati local radio since before World War II, said he got the idea when he saw Catholic nuns with a sock puppet in the form of a goose, with which they invited children to "feed the goose" with donations for charity.
Family Classics is a Chicago television series which began in 1962 when Frazier Thomas was added to another program at WGN-TV.Thomas not only hosted classic films, but also selected the titles and personally edited them to remove those scenes which he thought were not fit for family viewing. [3]
WBBM-TV/WBKB/WGN-TV: Garfield Goose and Friends (Frazier Thomas) WLS-TV: Gigglesnort Hotel (with Bill Jackson) WLS-TV/WBKB: Here's Geraldine (with Jim Stewart) WCIU-TV: Hey Colonel Frank (circa 1970, 4pm weekdays, between stock market and foreign language programming)
Ray Rayner and Friends with a likeness of Rayner and Chelveston, is on the plaque along with Frazier Thomas and Garfield Goose and Friends and Bob Bell and Bozo's Circus. [37] [38] Rayner's coveralls, complete with notes, is part of the museum's collection. [39] [40] Cuddly Dudley and his doghouse from The Bozo Show are also part of the museum ...
Thus, WGN decided to feature the best of existing recordings of its Bozo programs Bozo's Circus (1961–1980), Big Top (1965–1967), The Bozo Show (1980–1994) and The Bozo Super Sunday Show (1994–2001); as well as the long-running children's programs Garfield Goose and Friends, and Ray Rayner and His Friends, both of which are well known ...
Thomas Turgoose recently came to a striking realisation: his career had come full circle. In 2005, the actor was just 13 when Shane Meadows plucked him from a Grimsby youth club to play This Is ...
Locke also retired from television in 1976 and was replaced by Frazier Thomas, host of WGN's Family Classics and Garfield Goose and Friends, at which point Garfield Goose and Friends ended its 24-year run on Chicago television with the puppets moving to a segment on Bozo's Circus.